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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A manually operated plane (woodworking tool).
2. 2
   Synonym of handboard (“board held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing”).

Verb

1. 1
   To smooth with a handplane (woodworking tool). transitive
2. 2
   Synonym of handboard (“to bodysurf using a handboard”). intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

handboardhandboard

Etymology

From hand + plane.

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